Gujarat story can be repeated all over the country: Narendra Modi

MUMBAI: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi projected himself as a potential national leader in Mumbai on Thursday by repeatedly saying in his speech that whatever has been done in Gujarat can be easily done all over the country too. Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack against the UPA government alleging that the ruling party is damaging the federal structure of the country and claimed that the entire country now desperately wants change.

Narendra Modi addressed business leaders and industrialists in Mumbai at an event hosted by Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC). Modi was cheered and applauded by the audience as he targeted the UPA government and narrated how Gujarat had successfully implemented various development projects in the last 10 years.

"The key to pushing economic growth in India today is to push purchasing power in rural sector. This can be only done by boosting agriculture. Gujarat is the only state in the country where the growth rate in agriculture is 10% consistently for the past 10 years. In 2014 Gujarat will host a global agriculture technology exhibition to showcase what the state has done in the past 10 years ", Modi said.

Speaking about China, Modi said "The entire world knows that Asia will be the next big story. The question is will it be driven by India or China. If we have to compete with China we have to work on developing skills, planning projects on a large scale and achieving speed in implementation."